Robbie Hogervorst

Robbie Hogervorst
Robbie Hogervorst is a Senior Consultant in ProFound. He has twelve years of experience in value chain development and trade promotion for natural ingredients. During this period, he has developed a strong network and expert knowledge in the market in Europe. He also developed skills to develop value chains at the company and sector level with the private and public sector. At ProFound, he he develops new concepts to build sustainable value chains of natural ingredients, such as the Africa Pavilion at BioFach. He also designs effective interventions for ProFound’s clients with the purpose to strengthen biodiversity, improve incomes for producers and link small businesses to European buyers. He also manages ProFound’s sector development and company coaching activities in South Africa.
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Using a Systemic Approach to Analyse the BioTrade Market System

There are concerns about an overemphasis on economic growth in systemic approaches to programme design and management (also known as market systems development – MSD), which many people feel pays insufficient attention to, or even willfully ignores the environment. 
Written by Andrew Wilson, Robbie Hogervorst, Zenebe B. Uraguchi - 29. September 2017